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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy spokesman Liang Yang on Thursday gave his statement over the alleged near-face-off between Beijing’s sole aircraft carrier group and Taiwan’s fighter jets and navy ships.
In a short statement on the Defense Ministry’s website, Liang said the Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier has sailed out of the Taiwan Strait on Thursday morning, after Taipei yesterday scrambled its naval forces to shadow the carrier group through the narrow waterway separating China from Taiwan.
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